A moment in scripture
Isaiah 9:12
"
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
"
The surrounding passage
- Isaiah 9:10
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
- Isaiah 9:11
Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
- Isaiah 9:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.
- Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.